Confirmed cases neared 4 million worldwide,
Here are some significant developments:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization of a new antigen test to rapidly detect the virus.
Three children in New York have died of a mysterious inflammatory syndrome believed to be related to the coronavirus, officials said.
President Trump on Friday continued to eschew key public health guidelines from his own administration even as a second White House staffer tested positive this week.
The commissioner of the FDA began to self-quarantine for two weeks after being exposed to an individual who tested positive.
Leaders of a Sioux tribe in South Dakota on Friday refused a request by the governor to remove checkpoints on state and U.S. highways.
Seoul shut down more than 2,100 nightclubs, discos and bars after new coronavirus cases were linked to partygoers.
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